Autopsy shows Wisconsin woman drowned

Published 10:08 am Wednesday, April 23, 2014

TOWN OF HAMMOND, Wis. — A medical examiner has determined the cause of death for a woman whose body was found in a western Wisconsin lake.

The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office in Minnesota said 38-year-old Kristelle Wolle, of Baldwin, drowned in Pine Lake last weekend.

St. Croix (kroy) County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a car crash about 5 a.m. Sunday in the Town of Hammond. Deputies found no one in the car.

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Emergency responders searched the area and found Wolle’s body in the lake. Authorities said Wolle’s blood alcohol content was .21, more than twice the legal limit to drive.